Restaurants & Cafés

Answer Every Guest Instantly — Without Pulling a Server Off the Floor

Vera.Support gathers every reservation request, allergen question, and takeout enquiry into one inbox, and lets AI answer the routine ones in seconds, day or night.

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The challenge

Sound familiar?

We know running a restaurant or café means the phone rings mid-service, DMs pile up after close, and a guest expects a reply before they decide where to eat tonight. Your people are on the floor plating dishes and clearing tables, not refreshing five different apps. Vera.Support was built for exactly that gap, so every guest gets a fast, accurate answer without anyone leaving the pass.

The phone rings during the rush

It's 8 pm on a Friday, every table is seated, and the phone won't stop. Nobody can break away to take a booking or a takeaway order, so calls go to voicemail and the caller simply dials the place next door.

DMs sit unread for hours

Guests ask about the menu, your vegan options, or tonight's availability across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp all at once. By the time a manager finally checks at midnight, the diner has already booked somewhere that replied, and your page looks neglected.

The same questions, all shift long

Are you open on Mondays? Do you take walk-ins? Is there parking? Can we bring a dog? Your staff answer these dozens of times a shift, burning energy and attention that belongs with the guests already sitting in front of them.

Allergen answers under pressure

A guest with a nut or gluten allergy messages ahead to ask if a dish is safe. A rushed, wrong, or missing reply can trigger a serious incident, and inconsistent answers across channels and team members multiply that risk every single day.

Every conversation lost the next day

You want to invite a regular back for the new seasonal menu or fill seats for a quiet Tuesday, but there's no record of who asked what or where. Each chat lives in a separate app and vanishes, so you start from zero with every guest.

Online orders go wrong

A customer adds a note for no onions, but the kitchen never sees it. Now we've got a cold meal and a refund request.

The solution

How Vera.Support helps you

AI takes the calls your phone can't

Vera's AI chatbot answers hours, availability, menu, and directions questions the instant a guest asks, on your website, WhatsApp, Instagram, or Messenger. A diner gets a clear reply at 11 pm on a Saturday without anyone leaving the floor to pick up the phone.

One inbox for every channel

Instagram DMs, WhatsApp, website chat, Facebook, Telegram, and more all arrive in a single shared inbox. Your team sees every guest message in one place and replies fast, so nothing slips between apps and no booking is missed overnight.

AI trained on your own menu and policies

You feed Vera your real menu, allergen guide, opening hours, and booking rules, and the AI answers only from that approved content. It never invents a dish or guesses an ingredient, and when a question falls outside what you provided, it hands the guest to a human with the full chat history attached.

Consistent, safe allergen replies

Because every answer is drawn only from the allergen information you approved, each guest asking about nuts, gluten, or dairy gets the same accurate response, on every channel, every time. Your staff are freed from fielding sensitive questions in the middle of a rush.

Guest profiles that remember everything

Every message from every channel is saved under a rich guest profile, so you can see what a returning diner asked last time, which channel they prefer, and any dietary needs they mentioned. Reports and analytics show your busiest enquiry times so you can staff and reply smarter.

AI captures order notes perfectly

Vera's chatbot collects customizations and sends them straight to your POS. No more miscommunication between the front and back of house.

How it works

1

Connect your channels

Paste one snippet for website chat and link WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger in a few clicks, with no developer needed.

2

Train the AI on your content

Add your menu, allergen guide, hours, and booking policy so the chatbot answers from your real information from day one.

3

Let AI handle routine, staff handle the rest

The bot replies instantly around the clock and escalates anything complex to your team with full context, so no guest ever repeats themselves.

Use cases

Built for how you work

  • Answering opening hours and location questions automatically at any hour
  • Taking reservation and takeaway requests over WhatsApp
  • Replying to Instagram DMs about the menu before a guest picks elsewhere
  • Giving accurate allergen answers straight from your approved menu
  • Routing private-dining and event enquiries to the right manager
  • Pop-ups promoting a new seasonal menu to website visitors
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Vera.Support · Restaurants & Cafés
WhatsApp
Customer enquiry
AI replied
Instagram
DM question
AI replied
Web chat
Booking request
→ Team

And there’s more

Everything else you get with Vera.Support, included in every plan.

Native iOS and Android apps to manage messages on the go
Proactive chat pop-ups to promote daily specials and events
Saved replies for your most common guest questions
Smart routing so bookings, complaints, and events reach the right person
Shopify app for catalogue-aware ordering and gift cards
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Every channel, one inbox

Connect the apps your customers already use and answer everything from a single screen.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Vera.Support cost, and is it worth it for a small café?
Plans start at $7 per month and every plan includes every feature, so you only choose the message volume and number of agents that fit your size. A single café that stops losing late-night bookings and frees staff from twenty repetitive questions a shift recoups that easily. There's a free trial with no credit card required, so you can prove the value before you spend anything.
We're not technical. How long does setup really take?
Adding website chat is one copy-and-paste of a snippet, and connecting WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger is done through guided on-screen steps with no coding. Most venues are live across their main channels in a single afternoon. If you'd rather, the same snippet takes your web person about a minute to drop in.
We don't really have a website. Can we still use it?
Yes. If most of your guests reach you on WhatsApp or Instagram, connect just those channels and run Vera entirely without a website widget. The AI chatbot and the shared inbox work exactly the same regardless of which channels you switch on.
Will the AI invent menu items or give wrong allergen information?
No. The AI answers only from the content you provide, which is your menu, your allergen guide, and your policies. If a guest asks about something you haven't added, the bot says it doesn't have that detail and offers to connect them with your team instead of guessing. It will never make up a dish or an ingredient.
Will this replace my front-of-house staff?
No, and it isn't meant to. The AI takes the repetitive questions that pull your team away from the guests in the room, while anything that needs a human, such as a complaint, a complex booking, or a sensitive allergy concern, is handed straight to your staff. They step in with the whole conversation already visible, so the guest never has to start over.
Our guests speak different languages. Can Vera handle that?
Yes. The AI understands and replies in dozens of languages, so a French-speaking tourist or an Arabic-speaking regular gets the same fast, accurate answer as anyone else. Your saved replies and hand-off messages can be set up in several languages too, so your team is never stuck.
Which channels can I connect, and does it cover Instagram and WhatsApp?
Vera unifies website live-chat plus WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Viber, Slack, LINE, WeChat, Zalo, and Twitter/X, over twelve channels in all. The Instagram and WhatsApp DMs that matter most to restaurants land in the same inbox as everything else. You activate only the channels your guests actually use.
How is our guest data stored, and can we cancel anytime?
All data is encrypted and Vera.Support is built with GDPR-friendly controls, including consent and data-deletion tools, and your conversations are never sold or shared. There are no long-term contracts, so you can cancel from your account settings whenever you like. The free trial lets you test it with your real channels and guests first, so there's no risk in starting.

Ready to end the chaos?

Unify your messages, automate the repetitive questions, and turn conversations into revenue — starting today.

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